>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald [ explosion ] a fiery explosion rocking a small texas town. the death toll and devastation at a fertilizer plant. >> reporter: today the city of san francisco is marking the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake that devastated the city. i'm in the mission district. i'll tell you what's happening here. >> and the heat is on in the bay area. temperatures nudge 80 degrees today and only go up from there. we'll have the details in a few minutes. >> and traffic is just a mess right now on westbound 580 from livermore all the way into pleasanton. got a big rig accident and traffic alert in effect. i'll tell you some good alternates coming up. >> good morning. it is thursday, april 18. it's a busy morning. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm anne makovec. michelle griego is off. we are starting this

morning with breaking news from texas. [ explosion ] >> i can't hear, i can't hear! get out of here! >> a massive explosion has killed up to 15 people. this number is expected to rise. more than 100 people are injured. it was a fertilizer plant that blew up yesterday and that explosion leveled surrounding home in the town of west, texas, about 20 miles north o waco, 80 miles south of dallas. jason allen joins us live there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. the sun has come up here. we are dealing with some dropping temperatures and some driving rain and firefighters and officials have told us that they are still in a recovery and rescue mode and without question, this weather is probably going to hamper that somewhat. the scene is about a mile or so to the north of where we are here at this volunteer fire

department a place where a lot of the very first responders left from this area to get to the fire that was reported up at that scene. as the sun comes up, we are going to just now start getting a real good look at the extent of the damage, which we were in the immediate area a couple of hours after the blast last night. the term leveled is accurate. the scene is similar to what we see after a tornado except instead of a small swath of damage, it's widespread. walls and roofs have collapsed and it looks like that for blocks around the damage zone so extensive damage and crews some of them really now just starting to get an idea of the full extent of the damage as we are getting back into the daylight hours. >> they are still in the process of combing through some of this rubble.

i'm assuming going house to house. >> reporter: yes including overnight. some of the smoke from the fire was thick and choking. and they wanted to get people out for those reasons. there had also been some talk there might be people trapped in the rubble in some of the homes, some of them -- as we said, the walls have been blown in and the roofs and ceilings came down. they didn't know if there were people who were still in some of those homes. they were going door to door and house to house. there was a large apartment building in the area that had extensive damage that they were combing through to make sure everyone got out of that and there are some first responders as we said some firefighters who initially responded there to the scene. and even through some of the overnight hours, we talked to some friends and some family of them as they came in. they had still not heard from all of those initial firefighters who responded to

the scene. they don't know the situation. they don't know about casualties. so they are still digging through the rubble to see if any of those firefighters initially responded are still there. >> this is a volunteer fire department. it's a small town where you know everyone. how is the town coping now the morning after? >> we saw a lot of people from the town and from the surrounding towns even come in. you mentioned it is very small. about 2500 people. pooch people from all over and -- people from all over wanted to help. you could tell that the emotion -- they believe some people are probably in the blast area

either injured orr possibly worse. so it's very difficult. we have seen some more people come here to this fire station this morning breaking down in tears. don't know their situation. but we know that there are still some vehicles parked here at this fire department from firefighters. >> we wish you all the best. jason allen live in texas, thank you. to the latest from boston this morning, president obama is going to visit boston to attend a service honoring victims of the marathon bombings. the number of people killed in monday's explosion remains at 3 with more than 170 injured including many who had to have limbs amputated. surveillance video appears to be the focus of the investigation? as susan mcginnis reports, images show at least one man deemed suspicious in the moments prior to the explosion.

reporter: the scene of the second bomb that went off during monday's boston marathon may give us our first look at the suspected bomber. sources tell cbs news that security cameras at a lord & taylor store captured a man leaving a bag in the area just before the blast. the suspect is described as a young white man seen carrying a backpack and talking on a cell phone. sources say he was wearing a black jacket, a gray hoodie and white baseball cap turned backwards on his head. just after the first bomb went off, the suspect left the scene. moments later, the second bomb detonated. investigators are also looking at cell phone records hoping to match one of the calls to the man seen in the video. >> there were people with their clothes burning off. >> reporter: karen and her husband john felt the first blast while waiting for their daughter to call to finish the marathon. the bomb tore through john's legs. >> my husband kept saying, my leg, my leg. i said --and then the second explosion hit.

>> reporter: nicole and the other runners were stopped just before the finish line. >> all i knew is that my family was at the finish line so i just started running and trying to find everybody. >> reporter: karen says her husband is recovering but is still unable to speak. she says she's received support from family and strangers. >> we were sitting in the waiting room yesterday, and strangers were coming up to us and saying we are so sorry. >> reporter: about a third of those injured in the attack remain in the hospital. susan mcginnis, cbs news, boston an 11-year-old boy out of martinez who was injured by the explosions is now recovering from a successful surgery according to a family friend. aaron hern has a shrapnel wound and other minor injuries. doctors removed a breathing tube after his second operation yesterday. several businesses in martinez are holding fundraisers to help pay for his care. he is hospitalized in intensive care, be out there for at least another week. we have some live pictures.

president obama is at washington. he will be leaving for boston shortly. air force one is ready on the tarmac. you see a helicopter that brought the president from the white house. cbs news will have a special report on the president's remarks at the memorial in boston this morning around 11:00. and as always, we have continuing coverage right here on kpix 5 and our website, kpix.com. 6:08 now. very good news in the weather center this morning. >> we warmed up yesterday and we'll go warmer for the weekend. as we look toward the bay bridge , just before sunrise what a beautiful start to the morning. as we have mostly clear skies around the bay starting out a bit chilly in santa rosa. but not bad.

42 degrees. 44 at concord. 54 at oakland and in livermore, 42 degrees. san francisco has 52 in the city right now. and it will warm up today. san francisco yesterday hit 65, today up to 69. san jose hit 77 and that's 8 degrees warmer than yesterday. pretty much the same story at concord, livermore and santa rosa, will all be coming up today in the mid-80s by next week. mid-80s by monday, tuesday and wednesday, looks like a good beach weekend. more details when we do weather in about 10 minutes. that's weather. here's traffic. the numbers keep creeping up especially inland. all right. thank you, brian. we have big problems right now. traveling westbound 580, traffic is nearly at a standstill right now if you are approaching the dublin interchange. look at this live look. westbound 580 i haven't seen this backed up in a while. a couple of big rigs crashed into each other near the dublin interchange. two lanes are getting by but two lanes remain closed and

it's jamming back towards at least airway boulevard. checking the drive time right now, it is up to 672 minutes so it's more than an hour right now take you from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. you may want to consider using isabel, stanley another good option. westbound 580 at a slow crawl. a second traffic alert is in dixon. a medical helicopter left the scene, this was a double overturn crash eastbound 80 approaching dixon avenue. one lane getting by but stacking up towards vacaville. bart, there still may be residual delays. we are hoping things begin to improve but earlier they were doing track maintenance near the embarcadero station. so probably about five- to ten- minute delays in both directions. that is traffic.

back to you. >> thank you. > not everything is going as planned this morning but the ceremonies continue to mark 107 years since the 1906 earthquake. kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington joins us from san francisco where part of the event moved for the first time in decades. she is by the hydrant there, very important hydrant. >> reporter: very important hydrant. it might look small but that hydrant had a big part in protecting the city during the earthquake back in 1906. every year it's sprayed gold. this whole session of the san francisco mission district might have burned down. every year it's painted gold to commemorate the quake and the crucial part it played in saving lives and buildings. on the corner of 20th and church across the street from dolores park here is some video from earlier. this is the ceremony in union square. a lot of people came out for that but it didn't go as

planned. it was supposed to be held at lotta's fountain but had to be moved because of police activity on market street. they had that whole area closed down. and they had to end up moving that part of the ceremony. let me tell you about the fire hydrant. a series of fires broke out spreading through the city. these fires erupted from ruptured gas lines. water mains also broke in the quake. and fire hydrants were running dry. it was discovered there was water in this one. people who lived here pulled engines up the hill and helped firefighters battle the flames. now, every year, the fire chief paints it gold. you might remember last year however it was accidentally painted the wrong color got a coat of silver but i have been told they have already picked out the paint and it will be the right color this year. live in san francisco, elissa harrington, kpix 5. >> it wouldn't be san francisco

if there wasn't a quirk. >> there are three survivors living from the earthquake in 1906. getting my numbers messed up. >> there we go. >> the oldest one is 111 years old. none are present this morning at the ceremony because they are getting too old. >> don't blame them. >> sleeping in. it is 6:13 now. police shoot and kill a man here in san francisco. the weapon he was holding that forced officers to open fire. >> plus a smash-and-grab robbery at a bay area macy's. the tool the thieves used and what they got away with. >> and helping kids breathe easier. the push to address high asthma rates in alameda county. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

investigating a deadly offi involved shooting on potrero hill. it started when a man san francisco police are investigating a deadly officer- involved shooting or potrero hill. it started when a man called 911 last night saying he had just stabbed his brother-in- law. officers arrived on scene and the suspect came out of the householding a hammer. police say they ordered him to stop but he kept coming so they shot and killed him. liz has been following traffic issues on the roads. how's it look? >> it's not looking good at all in th dublin area. this is the scene of the accident. westbound 580 right before the 680 interchange. a couple of big rigs crashed into each other. there's one of them there blocking two lanes of traffic. two lanes are getting by. but as chopper zooms out it is just a sea of brake lights. as far as the eye can see.

i haven't seen it. 70 minutes plus in the westbound lanes. so you may want to consider using alternates. take isabel. use that to cut over to vallecitos as one possible option. just avoid westbound 580 in the meantime until they clear that accident. it was first reported about an hour ago. let's go out to the bay bridge. they turned on the metering lights and so this is what we're left with now. we have delays in the fastrak and cash lanes. looks like it's backing up to the 880 overcrossing. i would say probably 15 minutes to get on the bridge. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic"." >> we are looking at clear skies to start out this morning. light winds a puff or two of low clouds out there possibly aside from that we have a clear

start. we'll look for numbers to nudge up today. we'll be in the mid-80s by next week and we'll take a step in the direction today. 69 in san francisco. 77 in san jose. 78 in fairfield. 77 for livermore and mid-70s for concord, as well. five-day forecast. we are going to be looking for a few low clouds to come in along the shoreline tomorrow. not a big deal. still not bad beach weather for the weekend with readings in the 60s. but look at next week. inland we get into the mid-80s and we stay there. around the bay, it looks nice in the summertime. not much in the way of low

clouds at the shore. looks good. >> thank you. concord police are now investigating a smash-and-grab robbery at macy's at sun valley mall just about 9:00 last night. police say three people used a hammer to smash jewelry cases. investigators recovered that hammer from the ground just outside of macy's. and they also recovered the getaway car in pleasant hill. asthma continues to be the leading chronic disease among children in america. in alameda county, they have the highest rate of asthma in the state. but the county is fighting back. we are going to show you the breathmobile. it's a custom built rv that operates as a mobile pediatric asthma and allergy clinic. the vehicle was at the bohannan middle school in san lorenzo yesterday. in 2011, 11% of the students were diagnosed with the disease. >> children with asthma tend to miss school and when they miss school, they are not able to fulfill their full potential. it's one of the biggest causes

of absenteeism in public schools. >> the see of san lorenzo has the highest -- the city of san lorenzo has the highest rate of asthma in the area. county money to help fight the disease in san lorenzo. what's cool about your school? submit your nomination at cbssf.com/coolschool and we might feature your school on the show. it is 6:21. coming up, the warriors get an nba record and a play-off opponent. >> but first, as we count down to opening day, here's a live look at the new bay bridge. we'll be right back. ,,,,

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somehow still gets the thing to come down. the play of the day. utah is all done. memphis off to the play-offs. a breakthrough in the boston bomber investigation coming up. what a security camera caught moments before the plastic. >> and tragedy in texas. a giant explosion overnight and fire outside a fertilizer plant. the search for victims and some answers, as well. it might look small but this fire hydrant played a big part in protecting san francisco during the 1906 earthquake. how it's being honored today. ,,,,

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>> i can't hear, i can't hear. >> a giant plant explosion levels a small town in texas. >> the shock wave was unbelievable and threw me down. >> get out of here. that second tank is about to go, get out of here! >> investigators zero in on a possible suspect in the boston marathon bombings. >> they see a person on surveillance video actually leaving one. backpacks there. >> my husband kept saying my leg, my leg. then the second explosion hit. >> the senate voted down a plan to expand background checks for gun buyers. >> police activity is delaying the big ceremony for the 1906 earthquake event. >> for the first time the event won't happen at lotta's fountain. it's moved to union bay. >> from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. we have a lot going on this morning. it is thursday, april 18. thanks for joining us.

i'm anne makovec. michelle griego is off. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:30. [ sound of explosion ] i can't hear, i can't hear. get out of here! >> we are following new information this morning after a massive explosion in texas that killed up to 15 people. it injured more than 100. it was a fertilizer plant that blew up and the explosion leveled surrounding homes for blocks. >> it happened in the town of west, texas, about 20 miles north of waco about 80 miles south of dallas. that's where we find cbs reporter jason allen. he joins us live now with an update on the search for survivors. jason, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have moved a little bit since we joined you about 30 minutes ago just so you can get an idea of where the scene is back behind us and you can see emergency personnel back there still blocking the road in closest to the plant, which is about 8 or 9 blocks to the north from where we are right

now. just in the last 15 minutes or so, we did get an update. you can probably see some of this rain falling here and landing on the camera lens. that is actually helping the fire situation to a small extent. there are still fires up in the area of the plant right now. we learned they are smoldering around the plant. there are fires in some of the homes nearby that are still smoldering but nothing is burning out of control or out of containment area. that said, emergency personnel who are up in there are still right now going door to door, house to house, property to property, looking to see if there is anyone still left in that area. they were bringing injured folks out late into the night and into the early-morning hours. they believe it's possible there could still be people in there. we do know that there are some firefighters still who are unaccounted for. those are some of the firefighters who initially went into the plant when the first reports of the fire came out.

this was before the explosion happened. >> i know authorities there have been slow to confirm the number of people killed and injured. and i can see, obviously, they have more searching to do. so we are expecting the number of people dead to rise, right now it's at 15? >> reporter: yeah. we have heard estimates of anywhere between 5 and 15. 8 is a number that gets thrown around a lot. a couple -- we have confirmed earlier that a couple of ems responders had died. we had heard a number of 5 to 6 firefighters. but again, not everybody is ready to give an official number. as you said, they are still holding out hope that somewhere in some of that rubble -- and it is extensive -- that there may still be some people alive in there, possibly even some of those firefighters that responded to the scene. >> and how about the fear of chemicals? you're talking about a fertilizer plant. was there fear of that overnight? has that dissipated? >> reporter: good question. there is not as much concern now about the toxicity of some of the fumes and some of the

chemicals. in the first hours after the explosion, there was a lot of concern in the immediate areas that that could be a hazard so that's why they immediately started getting people in the neighborhoods next to the plant out of the area. that dissipated somewhat. in fact, even as this weather system moved in, and the wind changed and the it started pushing the smoke -- and the wind changed and it started pushing the smoke in this direction, we didn't smell it like when we were up close to the plant. emergency officials said they are not concerned about the air quality as much, although there are environmental officials here from the state monitoring the air around the plant and around the city just in case. >> all right. jason allen, live for us in the town of west, texas, thank you. 6:34 now. less than 30 minutes, president obama will board air force one. he will fly north to boston to attend a tribute to victims of the marathon bombings. three people were killed in monday's explosions with more than 170 injured including some who had to have limbs amputated. surveillance video appears to be the focus now of the

investigation. and as susan mcginnis reports, images show at least one suspicious man just before the explosions. reporter: the scene of the second bomb that went off during monday's boston marathon may give us our first look at the suspected bomber. sources tell cbs news that security cameras at a lord & taylor store captured a man leaving a bag in the area just before the blast. the suspect is described as a young white man seen carrying a backpack and talking on a cell phone. sources say he was wearing a black jacket, a gray hoodie and white baseball cap turned backwards on his head. just after the first bomb went off, the suspect left the scene. moments later, the second bomb detonated. investigators are also looking at cell phone records hoping to match one of the calls to the man seen in the video. >> there were people with their clothes burning off. >> reporter: karen and her husband john felt the first blast while waiting for their daughter to call to finish the

marathon. the bomb tore through john's legs. >> my husband kept saying, my leg, my leg. i said --and then the second explosion hit. >> reporter: nicole and the other runners were sto j befo finisne. >> all i knew is that my family was at the finish line so i just started running and trying to find everybody. >> reporter: karen says her husband is recovering but is still unable to speak. she says she's received support from family and strangers. >> we were sitting in the waiting room yesterday, and strangers were coming up to us and saying we are so sorry. >> reporter: about a third of those injured in the attack remain in the hospital. susan mcginnis, cbs news, boston. it appears a company in fremont made the batteries that were used to make those bombs. photos show the battery attached to some black and red wires through a broken plastic cap. the manufacturer's name, tenergy, as you can see clearly visible there. a company spokesman told kpix 5 they are just stunned. >> horrified, appalled, appalled and shocked.

these batteries are largely used for toys, rc cars and trucks. and to see it used in such a way, just horrifying. >> as you heard, tenergy says the batteries are common in power packs for remote- controlled toys. it can be purchased almost any u.s. hobby store as well as online. runners in the east bay are hitting the road tonight to honor the victims in boston. it is part of a run for boston, a global social media campaign on twitter and facebook. tonight's run and candlelight vigil starts at 7:30 p.m. at the see jane run store in oakland. that run is going to end at snow park by lake merritt. and we do have new video this morning of marine one. you can see it there, carrying president obama to andrews air force base. he landed there and will board

air force one shortly heading to a memorial service in boston for the first time since the explosion. cbs news will have a special report on the president's remarks in boston at 8:00 this morning our time. and as always, we have continuing coverage here on kpix 5 and kpix.com. another look at traffic and weather. i think you're going toic look the forecast especially the weekend. looks great. i think you're going to like the forecast. >> numbers nudging 80 degrees inland. it's a good start to thursday morning. the view from the highest point atop solano county, mount vaca, looking over there and in the city the bay bridge, it's also just a gorgeous sunrise this with mostly clear skies, light offshore winds and the numbers this morning only about in the 40s for some of the chillier locations. isn't that a beautiful sight? with santa rosa still in the 40s, san francisco at 51

degrees, san jose has 46 and concord 44 degrees. livermore is at 42. and it is going to warm up today about 3 to 7 degrees over yesterday's highs. san francisco hit 65 yesterday. today will be up to 69. livermore at 77. even warmer this weekend. we'll have all the details when we cover weather a few minutes from now. traffic is gross right now on westbound 580. it's stacked up -- our sensors are picking up slowing towards grant line road. this is the problem. just minor injuries reported but it was an accident involving two big rigs westbound 580 in dublin right before the 680 interchange. a couple of lanes blocked, two lanes getting by. but look at this. it is at a standstill all the way back into livermore and growing even into the altamont pass. so yeah, you will want to avoid westbound 580. the drive time is about 90 minutes now so this is way

above what we typically see. maybe we can go back to chopper really quick. just a sea of brake lights. again, use surface streets, mass transit, any would be better options than westbound 580 right now. that's one traffic alert. we have another one in dixon eastbound 80 approaching dixon avenue. they have been able to reopen one other lane. so now two lanes are open. but traffic is still really slow heading out of vacaville. there were major injuries reported with the crash. earlier they had to have a medical helicopter land on the freeway. also, mass transit back on time including all bart trains. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. ♪[ music ] >> ceremonies this morning marking the 107 years since the earthquake that devastated much of the bay area. part of the event in san francisco actually had to be moved to union square at the last minute because of a suspicious package near lotta's fountain on market street. it turned out to be harmless. still had the ceremony. just will to move it

ix issa5' harrington joins us now with more on today's festivities. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm here at the intersection of 20th and church street in the mission district with the famed golden fire hydrant. they are in the process of painting it right now and it is a true piece of san francisco history. it's painted gold every year on the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake to honor the big part this small hydrant played in the aftermath of that quake. when the quake hit, it ruptured gas lines causing multiple fires to break out. gas mains also broke leaving hydrants dry and allowing flames to spread. people who live here discovered that there was still water in the fire hydrant so they helped drag engines up the hill and helped firefighters to protect the neighborhood. every year, it is painted gold. this year they are allowing people from the area to take part and everybody who has come up to spray it has dedicated his spray to someone. we have had people dedicate the spray to the victims of the

boston marathon, people dedicate them to firefighters, grandparents who lived here during the quake and you can see it's still being painted right now. just another celebration -- excuse me, commemoration of the quake. live in san francisco, elissa harrington, kpix 5. >> thank you. 1906, the quake killed about 3,000 people mostly in san francisco. there were also casualties and damage in san jose, santa cruz and santa rosa where almost the entire downtown was destroyed. there are still three survivors all 107-plus. one is 1 11. i guess they all slept in this morning. good for them. >> i don't blame them. this is the first time they are holding this ceremony without any survivors in attendance. sign of the times. >> understandably so. 6:42. coming up, an arrest in the ricin scare case. how the suspect is connected to elvis. >> a near perfect landing. what this plane was missing as it touched down in florida. you will never guess how old the pilot was. >> the market just opened about

10 minutes ago. let's check the early numbers. >> there they are. they are down across the board. not good. it's all red. we'll crunch the numbers with jason brooks when we come back. so stay right there. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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year... we get the latest numbers fm 's financial re apple shares haven't been so low in more than a year. we get the latest numbers from kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne. good morning, frank. a rough day for apple yesterday as stock got bruised and a number of analysts downgraded them before its earnings report next week along with a key supplier of audio chips cirrus logic warning its report was going to be bad and apple is cirrus logic's biggest customer so that meant another downbeat

note for apple. stock fell 5.5% below $400 a share for the first time since 2011. stocks lower this morning by .5%. hanging just above $400 a share. the tech sector overall under a lot of pressure,er, not looking great to start -- earnings not looking great to start the quarter. google reports after the close. ebay reported yesterday. ist profit was good at $677 million even though revenue grew. it missed on expectations and ebay shares are falling 5.5% in the early going this rnmog. on the economicfront, the labor department reporting that first time weekly unemployme claims rose 4,000 this past week to 352,000. four-week average up to 361,000. still within a range suggesting job growth. market opening lower right now. dow is down 5. nasdaq down 2. s&p down a quarter point.

back to you. >> thank you. get this. a 92-year-old pilot makes a smooth emergency landing in florida and it's caught on tape. he did a great job. the plane came in for a landing. there's something missing. the pilot radioed that the landing gear wasn't working. that despite that the experienced pilot glided the piper down on its belly and made a perfect safe landing. how about that. >> wow? >> a little scrape. >> a little work to do. >> crowd at the airport erupted in cheers as the plane touchdown down. nobody was hurt. i'm told he is going bungee jumping later this week. [ laughter ] >> that guy is 92! >> you're kidding about the bungee jumping. >> yes. >> that's actually in my notes -- no. >> you made that up. 6:48. brian hackney has a check on the weather forecast. really, the bright spot in our newscast today. >> all right. in the words of richard rogers and oscar hammerstein, o what a beautiful moing!

beautiful sunrise a couple minutes ago. and prospects are the same for tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. a clear start to the day, sunny and warmer, afternoon breeze, it will be staying dry in the near future at least. we don't have a drop of rain in sight. ridge building in over the state means that light offshore winds this morning is keeping us clear and it will warm us up a little bit, too. we came up yesterday, we'll come up today, the numbers today 3 to 7 degrees warmer than yesterday. if you are heading out, our airport looks okay. sunny skies, afternoon breeze, but if you are heading to chicago, inbounded delays to chicago about 5 hours. thunderstorms in houston, as well. 78 at concord. 77 napa, 76 santa rosa. plenty

of sun, return of low clouds and fog at the shoreline tomorrow. a good beach weekend. next week numbers warm into the mid-80s. heat up, pressure on, that's all good news. on the othand, here's traffic. >> you're the only good. i have nothing but bad news at ast toward the dublin interchange. take mass transit, stay home or you will be stuck in gridlock. it's bumper-to-bumper on westbound 580 through the dublin-pleasanton area because of this. let's go out to chopper 5. they are over the scene of this accident approaching the dublin interchange involving a big rig. it happened around 5:15 a.m. the only thing i can say that's good news is the tow crews are out there. just minor injuries reported with this accident. but the backup is pretty major. look at this. chopper 5 zooms out. we have a sea of brake lights this morning. our sensors are picking up slow traffic as far back as the altamont pas approaching 205 where we begin to see delays. so again, our accident -- the

drive time, probably an hour, hour and a half, that's how much longer it will take you to drive from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. use surface streets, anything you can, to avoid getting in this backup on westbound 580. let's go to our maps. i'll show you what it looks like in terms of our sensors across in area. you can see a huge line of red. i haven't seen it this backed up in a very long time. so again this is the drive too many now, more than 100 minutes. so yeah, big delays obviously from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. once you get past 680, then it turns back to green and everything improves out towards castro valley. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. 6:51. the i says a man has been arrested in connection with those tainted letters addressed to president obama and a mississippi senator, roger wicker. the suspect identified as 45- year-old paul ken curtis out of corinth, mississippi. a cousin says he felt the government had not treated him

well. he described him as an entertainer who impersonated elvis presley and other singers. investigators are still waiting for additional test results before they can confirm the letters contained the deadly poison ricin. preliminary tests show that they indeed did. security systems intercepted the letters before they could harm anyone. a bipartisan plan to expand background checks for gun purchases has failed to advance in the u.s. senate. president obama called it a shameful day for congress. >> there were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. it came down to politics, the worry that that vocal minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections. so they caved to the pressure. and they started looking for an excuse, any excuse, to vote no. >> five democrats were among those who opposed the plan. both california senators voted in favor. san francisco is getting ke bometer on mark

street. it's gnga lay coting the number peoplen the bike lane at any given time. bike riding is up % over just the last five years. and on market street alone, it's increased 98%. this bike barometer is expected to be installed by the end of the month. justin bieber can't seem to catch a break these days. the pop star is facing new criticism over a prepaid debit card that he has been promoting. it's marketed to teens. it's called the spendsmart card. and it does give parents instant alerts when the card is used, and blocks stores they choose. but there are fees involved. $1.50 to withdraw from an atm. if you lose it you pay $8 for a replacement. and if you don't use the card for a month, you pay $3. >> prepaid cards do not have federal protections yet against fraud and loss. >> that means if you lose it,

you are out of luck. bieber could make $4 million from this campaign. 6:54. coming up, a final check of your top stories. >> including why a 100-year-old san francisco ceremony was forced to move locations this morning. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. hundred people are injured. [ explosion ] as many as 15 people are feared dead this morning after an explosion in a small texas town yesterday. more than 100 people are injured and a lot of houses and other buildings are leveled for blocks around the explosion site that occurred at a fertilizer plant and a fire had been reported prior to that explosion. some of the people still missing are volunteer firefighters who had responded to that call and at least one

law enforcement officer is unaccounted for this morning, as well. officials say there's no sign that this was anything more than an industrial accident. and then they say some rain that's falling in the area this morning is helping squelch chemicals released from the plant. and president obama will visit boston later today to attend a service honoring the victims of the marathon bombings. you can see the president's speech here on kpix 5 and kpix.com beginning at 8:00 this morning. surveillance video appears to be the focus now of the investigation into monday's explosion. images showing at least one suspicious man in the moments prior to the blast. >> this morning marks 107 years since a major earthquake devastated much of the bay area. ceremonies going on this morning in san francisco. one of the events had to be moved to union square because of a suspicious package as the practice digsal location was found near lotta's fountain.

they painted the golden hydrant in commemoration of the earthquake. >> the ceremony got moved to union square because of a situation on market. earlier there were closures around 3rd and market but streets are reopened. big problems through the dublin interchange, you may want to consider staying home. we have huge delays of more than an hour on westbound 580 right before the 680 interchange. you saw that big rig there. couple of big rigs were involved in this accident. it happened around 5:15 this morning. word of a small oil spill they have to clean up in one of the lanes. it is jammed solid not moving from the altamont pass into livermore. very quickly weather, nip in the air this morning, that won't last long. temperatures recover into the mid-70s today. 69 in the city. 75 at oakland. look at the extended forecast. it's going to warm into the 80s this weekend. >> you are the only good news we had today. >> happy to do it. >> thanks. >> and thanks for joining us. "cbs this morning" is next. captions by: capti colorado commen@captioncolorado.com

♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. thursday, april , 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." a deadly explosion in texas. >> 100 yards. >> a fertilizer plant blows up with the force of an earthquake. entire blocks leveled. a big break for investigators searching for the boston marathon bomber. a person of interest spotted on surveillance video. and robert de niro joins us to talk about the film festival he launched to help new york city after its own terror attack. >> we begin with today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds.